Albuquerque police are investigating after a 13-year-old girl was targeted on the popular video chat website "Omegle," which allows users to talk with "strangers" online.

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Kelly Kolody said her daughter got on the website this weekend and started talking with another user. She said within minutes, her daughter started receiving vulgar messages.

"It went from very innocent to just another level," Kolody said.

The user told Kolody's daughter that he was recording their conversation and that if she didn't pose nude for him, that he would post the video on a porn website.

Kolody's daughter, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Action 7 News she immediately went and got her mom.

"I'm still scared, but then I feel a little bit better that I told somebody about it instead of just sitting there," she said.

"I was torn between anger on his end and irritation on my daughter's end thinking, 'What are you thinking using this site?'" Kolody said.

Kolody called Albuquerque police.

They now have the computer and are trying to make an arrest.

On Omegle's home page, a disclaimer tells users not to sexually harass anyone, transmit nudity or behave in any "inappropriate or illegal" way. But it also says "the people you encounter on Omegle may not behave appropriately" and "they are solely responsible for their own behavior."

Kolody just wants to warn parents so something similar doesn't happen to them.

"It's 2016 and bad things happen every day," Kolody said. "It's not the same world I grew up in 20 years ago."